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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1895]

Reference number
RR/12/381
Earliest possible date
27 June 1895
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John William Strutt

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John William Strutt, Referee's report by John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'On the magnetic rotation of the plane of polarization of light in liquids.—Part I. Carbon bisulphide and water' by J W Rodger and William Watson, 27 June 1895, RR/12/381, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_381/referees-report-by-john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh-on-a-paper-on-the-magnetic-rotation-of-the-plane-of-polarization-of-light-in-liquidspart-i-carbon-bisulphide-and-water-by-j-w-rodger-and-william-watson, accessed on 18 July 2025

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